acculturation

Nouns

  • (n) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
    • the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
    enculturation, socialisation, socialization,
  • (n) all the knowledge and values shared by a society culture,
  • (n) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure assimilation,

Synonyms

enculturation socialisation socialization culture assimilation

Words of close approximity

acculturative
acculturational